Risk factors for collisions attributed to microsleep-related behaviors while driving in professional truck drivers - Sawatari H, Kumagai H, Kawaguchi K, Kiyohara Y, Konishi N, Arita A, Hayashi M, Shiomi T.
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is prevalent among professional drivers. Although SDB is a known risk factor for truck collisions attributed to microsleep-related behaviors at the wheel (TC-MRBs), the usefulness of overnight pulse oximetry for predicting ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Amazon shoppers are ditching their $100 pillows for this two-pack that's on sale for just $23
TheStreet aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. You could have the most comfortable mattress in the world, but if you don't have proper bed pillows, you might not notice much of a difference in your sleep quality.…#thestreet #amazon #amazonbasicsdown (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Study Finds No Brain Injuries Among ‘ Havana Syndrome ’ Patients
WASHINGTON — An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome, ” researchers reported Monday. The National Institutes of Health’s nearly five-year study offers no explanation for symptoms including headaches, balance problems and difficulties with thinking and sleep that were first reported in Cuba in 2016 and later by hundreds of American personnel in multiple countries. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] But it did contradict some earlier finding...
Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lauran Neergaard/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

How to sleep: Eating a certain food helps help you drift off - little known side effect
A third of adults in the UK are not getting enough shut eye, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence . (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

I woke up sounding WELSH - but I've never been there: Mystery of English mother, 36, whose accent suddenly changed in her sleep
Zoe Coles, 36, fears the distinctive accent is 'stuck' and won't disappear after she developed the voice overnight, nine months ago. The mum-of-two from Lincolnshire is often asked if she's from Cardiff. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How to Stop Procrastinating at Bedtime and Actually Go to Sleep
Once I finally tuck my kids into bed, clean the kitchen, and shoot off my last work email of the night, it’s “me” time. It’s also, cruelly, bedtime. I know I should sleep, but instead I stay up way too late binge-watching Love Is Blind or mindlessly scrolling on Reddit. I need rest, but I push it off. This is my only uninterrupted time, and I want to maximize it. This phenomenon is so universal that there’s a scientific name for it: “bedtime procrastination.” According to the researchers who coined it in a 2014 study, bedtime procrastination is “failing to go to bed at th...
Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Friedlander Serrano Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Housing Affordability Crisis Solved: Sedona To Let Homeless Workers Sleep In Cars
In a move that's raising eyebrows and rankling residents, the sw.y city of Sedona, Arizona is addressing its outrageous housing costs by creating a parking area so homeless workers have a place to sleep in their…#sedona #arizona #citycouncil #safeplace #culturalpark #change #stsedona #portland #billnoonan #scottjablow (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

$1,780 to spend the night in a ‘cocoon’? Hotels are betting on sleep tourism
A.I.-assisted beds, on-call hypnotherapists and sequestered guest rooms, including one inside a stainless steel sculpture, are taking sleep tourism to the next level. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in heavy truck drivers: a Portuguese prospective cohort study - Pimentel C, Amorim D, Santos C, Macedo A, Feij ó S.
This study aims to estimate the prevalence of OSA and to identify the most frequent symptoms and comorbidities in heavy truck drivers. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Prevalence of anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance among emergency nurses in  Oman - Al Mawaali Z, Abdelrahman H, Al Qadire M, Ballad CAC, Al Busafi S, Al Busaidi B, Al Mahari F, Al Balushi M, Al Rawahi I, Al Omari O, Almaawali M, Khalaf A.
This study examines anxiety, depression, and sleep prevalence and associa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

World Sleep Day: 7 foods to avoid when it comes to a good night's kip
There is nothing better than getting a full eight hours sleep which can help you feel more refreshed and productive the next day. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

World Sleep Day 2024: Doctor warns how lack of sleep in young women can lead to potentially deadly health risks and issues including infertility
Indian neurologist Dr Pravin Naphade warned about bad sleep for young women. He added that strokes, Alzheimer's disease and depression are other dangers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Gateway Center for Sleep Apnea and TMJ Therapy Opens Its Doors in Twin Oaks
The Gateway Center for Sleep Apnea and TMJ Therapy, led by Dr. Kevin F. Postol, offers non-surgical treatments for sleep apnea, snoring, and TMJ in Twin Oaks, MO. Dr. Postol, incoming President of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, provides expert care and invites patients to... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: CXP Source Type: news

England's sleeping pill hotspots revealed: Map reveals one in 30 patients were given powerful drugs in worst area - as experts blame our 'always on' lifestyles for fuelling sleep crisis
Brits are relying on sleeping pills to get a good night's rest up and down the country, with The Wirral, in Merseyside and costal counites among those most reliant on the tablets. data suggests. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Examining cognitive disengagement syndrome in a psychiatric outpatient sample: psychometric support and associations with internalizing symptoms and sleep problems - Yucens B, Ba şay Ö, Büber A, Tumkaya S, Kabukçu Başay B, Erdem B, Becker SP, Leonard Burns G.
OBJECTIVE: The internal (structural) and external validity of a self-report measure of cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS, formerly sluggish cognitive tempo) relative to a self-report measure of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder-inattention (ADHD... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news